Moving the AppData folder?

Posted: 01-03-2007, 02:06 PM

Nigel Molesworth

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I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
separate (M

drive.

At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
store folder.

However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).

Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
my data on a separate drive.

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Re: Moving the AppData folder?

Posted: 01-04-2007, 06:54 PM

Nigel Molesworth wrote:

> I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
> separate (M drive.
>
> At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
> etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
> store folder.
>
> However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
> the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
> for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).
>
> Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
> my data on a separate drive.
>

Hi,
Maybe modyfying this key is the answer?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]

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//SaM

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Re: Moving the AppData folder?

Posted: 01-04-2007, 06:57 PM

Nigel Molesworth wrote:

> I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
> separate (M drive.
>
> At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
> etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
> store folder.
>
> However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
> the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
> for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).
>
> Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
> my data on a separate drive.
>

Hi,
Maybe the answer is modyfying this key?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]

BR
//SaM

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Nigel Molesworth

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Group Policy Object Editor?

Posted: 01-07-2007, 12:34 PM

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:06:30 +0000, Nigel Molesworth
<reply@thegroup-emailinvalid.com> wrote:

>However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
>the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
>for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).

I think the answer may lie in the "Group Policy Object Editor", but I
can't find it!

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